Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 07/05/07 13:10

David Segall wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>David Segall wrote:
>>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>>> David Segall wrote:
>>>>> Can you post the URL of a site of yours, or anyone else, that does
>>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> You may look at a couple of mine if you wish.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.freezeblock.com/
>>>
>>> At 800x600 <http://www.freezeblock.com/homeowner.php> looks fine
>>> except for the link to the installation process which seems to have an
>>> error in the line (Firefox 2.0.0.4).
>>
>>What is the error you see, and what told you of the error?

> When the link spans more than one line the box breaks and the first
> and second line overlap.

Ah. What you are seeing is the 1px border giving the _appearance_ of an
overlap. If I remove the border, the line wraps with the same amount of
top and bottom margin/padding as any other paragraph.

I just changed the border of the link paragraph from border: 1px to
border-bottom: 1px and if you look again, you'll see that there is no
issue with "wrapping" or "overwriting".

>> Do you really use your browser window maximized? <g>
>
> Usually. I'm not good at managing multiple windows on one screen and
> I have a second small monitor if I want to keep some reference data
> visible.

Dual monitors, and one is 1680px with a maximized browser. This is a
rare circumstance, I would wager. Don't you keep your editor and your
browser(s) open side-by-side while working? I do, and my monitor is only
1152px wide. Sure, they overlap a bit.

I'd also say it would be a reasonable assumption that people who
actually do have a browser as wide as your screen are used to seeing
'long lines of text'.

>>> You were very brave to include a table
>>> <http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/stuff/flmodels.php> in your
>>> candidate site.
>>
>> How else would you display a table of data, other than with a table?
>> This is what tables are for. Brave? No, I use the proper markup.

No comment on this? <g>

>>> that I responded to did not qualify "any resolution" and it typifies
>>> a number of posts in similar threads that make pious statements
>>> about how a web page should be designed without providing any
>>> guidance on how to achieve it.
>>
>> I was pious? Ok, let's see your efforts.
>
> No. You were _not_ pious. Unlike the post I responded to you were
> careful to specify "within reason" and I assumed that you do not
> think that expecting a site to work on a mobile phone and a wide
> screen monitor was within reason.

I do expect my site to work well enough on a phone to be _useful_.
Perhaps not "exactly correct", but still quite useful, and certainly
lots better than the majority of sites when viewed on a small mobile
device.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

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